When we arrived in Haarlem around 9:00 a.m. on Friday, we had about a ten minute walk to the Ten Boom Museum. It was still…
Athens to Amsterdam 10/1-7/2023 Episode 7 – Ten Boom Museum Fri, 10/6
Hopefully you already know about Corrie ten Boom and the efforts and experiences of the ten Boom family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands…
Athens to Amsterdam 10/1-7/2023 Episode 6 – Munich to Amsterdam Wed-Thurs, 10/4-5
After completing our visit to the Dachau Memorial, we took the bus back to the train station in Dachau and the train back to Munich.…
Athens to Amsterdam 10/1-7/2023 Episode 5 – Dachau Wed, 10/4
Today is our last full day in Munich. One of the main reasons for coming here was to go to the Dachau Concentration Camp. Dachau…
Athens to Amsterdam 10/1-7/2023 Episode 4 – Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest – Tues, 10/3
Far above the Berghof, on a mountaintop at just over 6000 feet, is what remains of a place built for Adolf Hitler referred to in…
Athens to Amsterdam 10/1-7/2023 Episode 3 – Hitler and Obersalzburg – Tues, 10/3
This was a 13 hour day. We departed the hotel at 7:00 to take a train toward Austria to Berchtesgaden, Germany, about 2.5 hours away.…
Athens to Amsterdam 10/1-7/2023 Episode 2 – Bologna to Munich Monday, 10/2
Our train was to leave at 7:45 this morning so we were up early eating our Italian breakfast of croissant and coffee. Of course, the…
Athens to Amsterdam 10/1-7/2023 Episode 1 – Athens to Bologna – Sunday, 10/1
After disembarking from our Rome to Athens cruise on Holland America, we were headed for Bologna, Italy to catch a train through the Alps to…
Rome to Athens 9/15-10/1/2023 Episode 14 (Part 2) Athens, Greece Sat-Sun 9/30-10/1
When we left the Acropolis and Mars Hill at the end of Part 1, we walked downhill toward the street where we believed we could…
Rome to Athens 9/15-10/1/2023 Episode 13 (Part 1) Athens, Greece Saturday 9/30
Athens, the Capital of Greece and her largest city, home of the Acropolis and the site of the beginnings of the modern Olympic Games, known…
Rome to Athens 9/15-10/1/2023 Episode 12 Greek Islands Mykonos and Santorini Thurs-Fri 9/28-29
Both days of Greek Island visits were days in which we planned to go ashore and walk through the villages. For each island the ship…
Rome to Athens 9/15-10/1/2023 Episode 11 Istanbul Day 2 Wednesday 9/27
Today’s tour included a visit to the Suleymaniye Mosque, the Spice Market, and the Topkapi Palace. The Suleymaniye Mosque is the second largest in the…
Rome to Athens 9/15-10/1/2023 Episode 10 Istanbul (Day 1 – part 3) Tuesday 9/26
After leaving the Hagia (pronounced aya) Sophia Mosque, we walked toward the Grand Bazaar, but made a stop at a local carpet shop for another…
Rome to Athens 9/15-10/1/2023 Episode 9 Istanbul (Day 1 – part 2) Tuesday 9/26
Tuesday continued as we walked under Turkish Chestnut trees to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, most famously known as the Blue Mosque. Built in the very…
Rome to Athens 9/15-10/1/2023 Episode 8 Istanbul (Day 1 – part 1) Tuesday 9/26
Yesterday was our final full day of rest as we sailed from Ephesus to Istanbul and crossed through the Dardanelles. Also known as the Strait…
Rome to Athens 9/15-10/1/2023 Episode 7 Kusadasi/ Ephesus, Turkey Sunday, 9/24
Morning came early with our exciting arrival in Turkey! We docked at the modern port of Kusadasi (pronounced Koosh-a-da-si), left for our meeting place at…
Rome to Athens 9/15-10/1/2023 Episode 6 Cairo, Egypt Friday, 9/22
Our day in Egypt started at 4:50 a.m., preparing for an excursion to the pyramids at Giza with a boat ride and lunch on the…
Rome to Athens 9/15-10/1/2023 Episode 5 Port of Nafplion; Corinth, Greece Wed, 9/20
Our travels today took us to the ancient city of Corinth. Both Katakolon, where we were yesterday and Nafplion (the two port cities where the…
Rome to Athens 9/15-10/1/2023. Episode 4 – Port of Katakolon – Olympia, Greece 9/19/2023
We arrived Tuesday morning at the port of Katakolon (emphasis on the “tak”) where the ship could dock. Some stops do not have a large…
Rome to Athens 9/15-10/1 Episode 3 Cruise Departure & Sea Day 9/17-18/2023
After a good night’s sleep I awakened early, turned the handle and pulled open the small window, read for a bit, and drifted back to…